Staying with the subject of community web sites,Peter Preston published a good article in yesterday's Observer entitled The word on the street near you
"Gannett is the largest American chain, 90 daily papers strong. This month, division by division, it's going hyperlocal as a matter of policy. Exit the concept of traditional reporters on traditional beats. Enter a 24/7 multiplatform approach that supposedly makes readers - via new, special websites - the 'ears and eyes' of local 'information centres'."
He looks at Bluffton today where
"residents file a tale to the site, then sit back and watch as professional journalists give it the treatment."
This from the paper's website
"Welcome to BlufftonToday.com! This is a new kind of
community website that joins with the Bluffton Today newspaper in a mission of
helping Bluffton come together as a community.
With your help, we will
provide a friendly, safe, easy to use place on the Web for everyone in Bluffton
to post news items, create a unified community calendar, and share photos,
recipes, opinions.
This is a place where you take the lead in telling your
own story. As a registered BlufftonToday.com user, you get your own weblog, your
own photo gallery, and the ability to post entries in special databases such as
events and recipes.
In return, we ask that you meet this character challenge:
be a good citizen and exhibit community leadership qualities. It's a simple and
golden rule. Act as you would like your neighbors to act."
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